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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

If moms were flowers....I'd pick you!.....{Trendy Twine DT project}

Good Morning everyone!!
It is my DT day over on the Trendy Twine Blog!
Each month the DT showcases one of our gorgeous twine colors along with a packaging item. This month the Trendy Gals are spotlighting our gorgeous Tickled Pink Trendy Twine along with the newly added to the store Clear Take Out Boxes

Today I have a Mother's Day project to share!

These new Clear Take Out Boxes are so much fun to decorate and fill! For mine, I found the perfect sentiment from My Creative Time and then made my project around that. Not too long ago I found this mini flower pot/seed set and it happened to fit inside the box perfectly!!! But to fill up the extra space remaining in my box, I grabbed one of the Mini Wooden Spoons which would work as a mini shovel and tied some Tickled Pink Trendy Twine around the handle.

I closed up the box and added a cutie little tag, tied onto the box with some more

Tickled Pink Trendy Twine. I added my sentiment onto the front of the box with some more My Creative Time stamps and dies and this fun Mother's Day project was complete!

Here are the products I used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Tickled Pink Trendy Twine
Clear Take Out Boxes
Mini Wood Scoops

My Creative Time Products Used:
Stitched Grass Die
Stitched XL Label Die
XL Label Die
Fun Stitched Tag Dies (March New Release)
Love YOU Bunches (March New Release)
Stitched Pretty Flowers & Leaves Dies
Mom You Rock (RETIRED and no longer available)

Make sure to check out the Trendy Twine store for more awesome specials

You can see all the twine sale items HERE

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the

new and improved, packed with tons of product

Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I hope you have enjoyed my project and have a great Wednesday!

Monday, April 6, 2015

MCT Scrapping The Little Things.....{Happy 14th Birthday}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend!

It is time for another "Scrapping the Little Things" with My Creative Time
where we share Project Life, Smash book or Scrapbook LO's using MCT stamps and dies!

For today's LO I grabbed one of my favorite pictures of my son from his birthday in February and made a smash page with it.

Alittle background on the picture. He and a few of his friends are really big into playing Airsoft. If you are unfamiliar with Airsoft and how it is played, it is similar to paintball except the boys use mini plastic bb's instead of paint balls. They go to an indoor playing field where teams are formed and different games are played. I am sure you are wondering if it hurts when they get shot and the answer is yes. The dress for these games range from regular street clothes to full out camo gear (which you can kinda tell in the picture is what my son wears) They also as a safety requirement, make everyone who is playing wear goggles and a face mask.

So for his 14th birthday he took 7 of his buddies up to play for the night. I usually don't go and watch but since it was his birthday I did and he promised me I could snap some pictures :) I was able to grab this one as he was gearing up for the first round of the night!

I wanted to keep my page pretty simple making the picture of Casey my focal point. I pulled colors from the picture to use as my theme as well as using several MCT stamps and dies.
For starters, I used the Bunch of Fun Circle Dies to make some random circles up the border of my page. Then using the numbers from the Stitched 4x6 Journal Die set, I die cut the 14 for his age. For the birthday sentiment, I used the Stitched Decorative Banners and the stamp from the Wow So Many Candles. Finally I wanted to add some additional details to the page without overcrowding it to much so when I saw the window stamps from the Main Street stamp set, I thought that would give the extra color I wanted as well as the extra details. There was no set pattern to how I stamped it and I ended up blending ink colors to match my color theme. I am happy with the way this LO turned out :)
One last added detail~ some Trendy Twine tied in a bow and my project is all complete!

My Creative Time Products Used:
Stitched Decorative Banners
Bunch of Fun Circle Dies
Main Street
Wow So Many Candles (retired and no longer available)
Stitched 4x6 Journal Dies
Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Additional Products Used:
Totally Navy Trendy Twine
Totally Kraft Trendy Twine

That is all I have for now.... I really hope you have enjoyed my page!

Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the DT made!
I know the inspiration is AWESOME!!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!!

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Everyone Needs a Friend......{Trendy Twine Easter Card}

Good Morning and Happy Easter Everyone!

The Trendy Twine DT has some special Easter projects over on the blog to share today. You can see all of them HERE.

Here is the cutie card I made.

I used the current My Creative Time Designers Challenge sketch for my card

(all the info on the challenge can be found HERE)

I LOVE making pom poms with my Trendy Twine so for that cute bunny I added a nice big fluffy Totally White Trendy Twine tail. I wanted to add a bit more color to my card so I ended up wrapping around the card mat 2 times some Bubblegum Taffy Trendy Twine. The blue was almost an exact match to the designer paper I used and that little bit of pink added just the right amount of extra color I was looking for!

Trendy Twine Products Used:
Totally White Trendy Twine
Bubblegum Taffy Trendy Twine

My Creative Time Products Used:
Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More
To My Best Peep
Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies

Well I hope you have enjoyed my Easter card!! Make sure to check out the rest of the DT's projects! You can again see them all on the Trendy Twine blog HERE.
Thanks so much for popping in today and have a GREAT rest of your Easter with your families!

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

MCT Tag it Tuesday

Good Morning and welcome to

Tag it Tuesday w/My Creative Time!

Today the DT will be sharing tag projects using of course My Creative Time stamps and dies!

I have to admit that I am not much of a flower girl....BUT I am LOVING the new Jr. Rolled Flower Dies that Emma just released and I couldn't wait to use them again, this time for my tag! So for today's tag, I used the larger one as the focal point of my CAS tag and paired it with the simple sentiment from the newly released Love YOU Bunches stamp and die set!

I went with a vintage feel for my tag, adding some inking to the edges of my flower and leaves as well as using the Scripty background over top of my designer paper.

Isn't this flower beautiful??I ended up adding 2 layers of leaves to the underside of the flower as well as curling the flower leaves to "fill"out the flower. I hot glued the flower and leaves to the top layer of my tag after wrapping some natural colored hemp twine several times around the tag. Finally I stamped my sentiment onto the tag and added some finishing touches in the form of some gold enamel dots, more help twine and some beautiful cream colored ribbon to the tag top.

My Creative Time Products Used:
Jr. Rolled Flower Dies
Love YOU Bunches
Stitched Pretty Flower & Leaves Dies
Tag Dies
Tag Die Layers
Build a Scripty & Watercolor Background

Additional Products Used:
My Minds Eye~Lost & Found Heirloom designer paper
hemp twine
gold enamel dots
Hero Arts Shadow Ink~Cup of Joe
MISTI

Well that it all I have to share :)

Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.
Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!

Thursday, March 26, 2015

To My Bunny.....{Trendy Twine Sneak}

Good Morning Everyone!
It is my DT day over on the Trendy Twine Blog!

I am sharing this cute little sneak here but I would LOVE it if you headed over to the Trendy Twine blog HERE to see my whole project!

Products used from My Creative Time:

Teeny Tag Layering Die & Teeny Tag Holidays

Products used from Annie's Paper Boutique:

Watermelon Taffy Trendy Twine & Small Candy Sacks

Make sure to check out the Trendy Twine store for more awesome specials

You can see all the twine sale items HERE

New to Trendy Twine??? Check out the other places where we share our projects .....

Trendy Twine Blog~ HERE

and the

Trendy Twine Facebook page~ HERE

Don't forget to visit the

new and improved, packed with tons of product

Store HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

MCT Inspiration Wednesday~ EASTER Shaker Card

Good Morning and Happy Hump day everyone!

It's time for another

My Creative Time Inspiration Wednesday.

If you are new to my blog or to what Inspiration Wednesday is all about, it is

where the DT makes a project of our choice based on an inspiration subject.

My inspiration comes from a the recent Stretch Your Dies online class I took. I have not had much time to try out the new techniques that I have learned BUT I have watched all the videos and plan on using some of these techniques in upcoming projects :)

Anyways Jennifer McGuire made a beautiful CELEBRATE shaker card using alphabet dies so I thought I would use her tips and tricks to make an EASTER card.

I used the Uppercase Fun Dies to cut make the shaker windows and I filled each section with some pale green (hard to see in the picture) and pink sequins, silver stars and some pink seed beads.

Before filling the shaker part, I did stamp my sentiment. I used the one from the stamp set~To My Best Peep and masked off parts of the sentiment so I could add the sentiments above and below the shaker. I also wanted to keep with the Easter/Spring colors so I used the paint slatters to add some extra color to the otherwise plain card front.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Uppercase Fun Dies

To My Best Peep

Family is Everything

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Additional Products Used:

Ranger Dye Ink~Electric Lime and Pink Gumball

MISTI

sequins, seed beads

craft foam, foam adhesive tape

So what do you think????? Want to see more projects?

Make sure you head on over to My Creative Time to see what the rest of the DT made!

I know the inspiration is AWESOME!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT hump day!!!

Friday, March 20, 2015

MCT 41st New Release Reveal & Blog Hop!

Good Morning

and

Welcome to the much anticipated

41st New Release from My Creative Time!

This week has been so much fun with the DT sharing amazing projects and inspiration! But we have one more day of AWESOME~NESS!

Now you should be coming from the VERY talented

Emily

but if you are just stopping in, make sure to head back to the start~ the AMAZING

Emma

You are not going to want to miss a thing! She really ROCKED this release (well she always does, doesn't she?? Of course!!)

For my project today, I get to showcase the new Circle Stitching Pattern Die!

To make my card, I used the Circle Stitching Pattern Die to make a pattern onto my designer paper. Then using 2 different size circles from the Bunch of Fun Circle Die set, I die cut them in matching designer paper and cardstock. I then randomly placed them over the pattern on my background. Using some matching orange cardstock, I die cut the word "thanks" using the Happy Thoughts Stamp Set and then colored the letters with my Wink of Stella clear pen to add some sparkle :) For the stamped sentiment, I used the new release set~ Tweet Me and did a partial stamp with the "sending many thanks!"sentiment so I could use the die cut "thanks" instead. Some random enamel dots and my card was complete.

My Creative Time Products Used:

Circle Stitching Pattern Dies (New Release)

Tweet Me (New Release)

Happy Thoughts Stamp Set

Bunch of Fun Circle Dies

Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More

Now for all the fun stuff............

"FREEBIE STAMP"

For our "Freebie" stamp for this release, we are giving away this ADORABLE stamp "Every Little Thing…" to the FIRST 150 shoppers! You do NOT have to add it in your cart, Emma & her shipping crew will automatically include it in your pkg, ONLY to the first 150 shoppers! IF you happen to come through AFTER the 150th shopper, no worries because this stamp will be available for sale!

Emma, knows there will be questions on whether YOU made the first 150?

AFTER the 150 shoppers come through, then you will see this set available for PURCHASE along w/the new release items! Just keep in mind, this stamp will not be included w/the bundle! It will be sold separately!

UPDATE ON FREEBIE!

Since I was under the weather today, I had lost track of the amount for the FREEBIE stamp :( Usually by noon the 150th shopper comes through, but since I lost track, I decided to give this freebie stamp to everyone who placed their order today (3/20/2015)! The last order came through tonight at 9:03pm PST & that invoice number was #15550! If you missed out on this freebie, no worries because it is available for purchase HERE!

****Here is the project I made with it (Day 4)****

***BLOG HOP GIVEAWAY***

For our blog hop giveaway, Emma is giving away a $50 gift card to the "My Creative Time" store to ONE LUCKY winner! ALL you have to do is leave a comment on each of our blogs! You are NOT required to comment on EVERY SINGLE blog, but the more you comment on, the MORE chances you have for winning! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE leave a way for us to contact you w/your comment just in case "YOU" are the lucky winner!

***SALE ALERT***

ALSO, DON'T FORGET our sale starts RIGHT NOW! Use the code: MAR2015 to receive a discount off your entire purchase! This sale applies to "IN-STOCK" items ONLY. This sale will end on Friday, March 27th @midnight PST.

And here is the whole release!